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and pyrolysis bioenergy production. Environ Sci Technol 42(11):4152
Gautam S, Kaithwas G, Bharagava RN, Saxena G (2017) Pollutants in tannery wastewater,
pharmacological effects and bioremediation approaches for human health protection and environmental safety. In: Bharagava RN (ed) Environmental pollutants and their bioremediation
approaches, 1st edn. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, pp 369–396. https://doi.
org/10.1201/9781315173351-14
Ghoneim AM, Ebid AI (2013) Impact of rice-straw biochar on some selected soil properties and rice
(Oryza sativa L.) grain yield. Int J Agron Agric Res 3:14–22
Ghosh U, Zimmerman JR, Luthy RG (2003) PCB and PAH speciation among particle types in
contaminated harbor sediments and effects on PAH bioavailability. Environ Sci Technol
37:2209–2217
Glaser B, Lehmann J, Zech W (2002) Ameliorating physical and chemical properties of highly
weathered soils in the tropics with charcoal—a review. Biol Fertil Soils 35:219–230
Goutam SP, Saxena G, Singh V, Yadav AK, Bharagava RN (2018) Green synthesis of TiO 2
nanoparticles using leaf extract of Jatropha curcas L. for photocatalytic degradation of tannery
wastewater. Chem Eng J 336:386–396. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2017.12.029
Grace Liu PW, Chang TC, Whang LM, Kao CH, Pan PT, Cheng SS (2011) Bioremediation of
petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated soil: effects of strategies and microbial community shift.
Int Biodeterior Biodegrad 65:1119–1127
Gregory SJ, Anderson CWN, Camps Arbestain M, McManus MT (2014) Response of plant and soil
microbes to biochar amendment of an arsenic-contaminated soil. Agric Ecosyst Environ
191:133–141
Gundale MJ, DeLuca TH (2006) Temperature and source material influence ecological attributes of
ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir charcoal. Forest Ecol Manag 231:86–93
Hale S, Hanley K, Lehmann J, Zimmerman A, Cornelissen G (2011) Effects of chemical, biological, and physical aging as well as soil addition on the sorption of pyrene to activated carbon and
biochar. Environ Sci Technol 45:10445–10453
Haritash AK, Kaushik CP (2009) Biodegradation aspects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
(PAHs): a review. J Hazard Mater 169:1–15
Huang W, Chen B (2010) Interaction mechanisms of organic contaminants with burned straw ash
charcoal. J Environ Sci 22:1586–1594
Jeffery S, Martijn Bezemer T, Cornelissen G, Kuyper TW, Lehmann J, Mommer L, Sohi SP, van de
Voorde TFJ, Wardle DA, van Groenigen JW (2015) The way forward in biochar research:
targeting trade-offs between the potential wins. GCB Bioenergy 7:1–13
Jianga J, Xua R, Jianga T, Li Z (2012) Immobilization of Cu(II), Pb(II) and Cd(II) by the addition of
rice straw derived biochar to a simulated polluted Ultisol. J Hazard Mater 230:145–150
Jindo K, Suto K, Matsumoto K, García C, Sonoki T, Sanchez-Monedero MA (2012) Chemical and
biochemical characterisation of biochar-blended composts prepared from poultry manure.
Bioresour Technol 110:396–404
Johannes L (2007) Bio-energy in the black. Front Ecol Environ 5(7):381–387
Jones DL, Edwards-Jones G, Murphy DV (2011) Biochar mediated alterations in herbicide
breakdown and leaching in soil. Soil Biol Biochem 43:804–813
Jonker MTO, Koelmans AA (2002) Sorption of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and
polychlorinated biphenyls to soot and soot-like materials in the aqueous environment: mechanistic considerations. Environ Sci Technol 36:3725–3734
Joseph SD, Camps-Arbestain M, Lin Y, Munroe P, Chia CH, Hook J, van Zwieten L, Kimber S,
Cowie A, Singh BP, Lehmann J, Foidl N, Smernik RJ, Amonette JE (2010) An investigation
into the reactions of biochar in soil. Aust J Soil Res 48:501–515
Jouiada M, Al-Nofeli N, Khalifa N, Benyettouc F, Yousef LF (2015) Characteristics of slow
pyrolysis biochars produced from Rhodes grass and fronds of edible date palm. J Anal Appl
Pyrolysis 111:183–190
490
C. Singh et al.
and pyrolysis bioenergy production. Environ Sci Technol 42(11):4152
Gautam S, Kaithwas G, Bharagava RN, Saxena G (2017) Pollutants in tannery wastewater,
pharmacological effects and bioremediation approaches for human health protection and environmental safety. In: Bharagava RN (ed) Environmental pollutants and their bioremediation
approaches, 1st edn. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, pp 369–396. https://doi.
org/10.1201/9781315173351-14
Ghoneim AM, Ebid AI (2013) Impact of rice-straw biochar on some selected soil properties and rice
(Oryza sativa L.) grain yield. Int J Agron Agric Res 3:14–22
Ghosh U, Zimmerman JR, Luthy RG (2003) PCB and PAH speciation among particle types in
contaminated harbor sediments and effects on PAH bioavailability. Environ Sci Technol
37:2209–2217
Glaser B, Lehmann J, Zech W (2002) Ameliorating physical and chemical properties of highly
weathered soils in the tropics with charcoal—a review. Biol Fertil Soils 35:219–230
Goutam SP, Saxena G, Singh V, Yadav AK, Bharagava RN (2018) Green synthesis of TiO 2
nanoparticles using leaf extract of Jatropha curcas L. for photocatalytic degradation of tannery
wastewater. Chem Eng J 336:386–396. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2017.12.029
Grace Liu PW, Chang TC, Whang LM, Kao CH, Pan PT, Cheng SS (2011) Bioremediation of
petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated soil: effects of strategies and microbial community shift.
Int Biodeterior Biodegrad 65:1119–1127
Gregory SJ, Anderson CWN, Camps Arbestain M, McManus MT (2014) Response of plant and soil
microbes to biochar amendment of an arsenic-contaminated soil. Agric Ecosyst Environ
191:133–141
Gundale MJ, DeLuca TH (2006) Temperature and source material influence ecological attributes of
ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir charcoal. Forest Ecol Manag 231:86–93
Hale S, Hanley K, Lehmann J, Zimmerman A, Cornelissen G (2011) Effects of chemical, biological, and physical aging as well as soil addition on the sorption of pyrene to activated carbon and
biochar. Environ Sci Technol 45:10445–10453
Haritash AK, Kaushik CP (2009) Biodegradation aspects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
(PAHs): a review. J Hazard Mater 169:1–15
Huang W, Chen B (2010) Interaction mechanisms of organic contaminants with burned straw ash
charcoal. J Environ Sci 22:1586–1594
Jeffery S, Martijn Bezemer T, Cornelissen G, Kuyper TW, Lehmann J, Mommer L, Sohi SP, van de
Voorde TFJ, Wardle DA, van Groenigen JW (2015) The way forward in biochar research:
targeting trade-offs between the potential wins. GCB Bioenergy 7:1–13
Jianga J, Xua R, Jianga T, Li Z (2012) Immobilization of Cu(II), Pb(II) and Cd(II) by the addition of
rice straw derived biochar to a simulated polluted Ultisol. J Hazard Mater 230:145–150
Jindo K, Suto K, Matsumoto K, García C, Sonoki T, Sanchez-Monedero MA (2012) Chemical and
biochemical characterisation of biochar-blended composts prepared from poultry manure.
Bioresour Technol 110:396–404
Johannes L (2007) Bio-energy in the black. Front Ecol Environ 5(7):381–387
Jones DL, Edwards-Jones G, Murphy DV (2011) Biochar mediated alterations in herbicide
breakdown and leaching in soil. Soil Biol Biochem 43:804–813
Jonker MTO, Koelmans AA (2002) Sorption of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and
polychlorinated biphenyls to soot and soot-like materials in the aqueous environment: mechanistic considerations. Environ Sci Technol 36:3725–3734
Joseph SD, Camps-Arbestain M, Lin Y, Munroe P, Chia CH, Hook J, van Zwieten L, Kimber S,
Cowie A, Singh BP, Lehmann J, Foidl N, Smernik RJ, Amonette JE (2010) An investigation
into the reactions of biochar in soil. Aust J Soil Res 48:501–515
Jouiada M, Al-Nofeli N, Khalifa N, Benyettouc F, Yousef LF (2015) Characteristics of slow
pyrolysis biochars produced from Rhodes grass and fronds of edible date palm. J Anal Appl
Pyrolysis 111:183–190
490
C. Singh et al.